{"product_id":"9781250313072","title":"Ninth House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eShadow and Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, now a hit NETFLIX series  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe smash \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people....Impossible to put down.\" —Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoodreads Choice Award Winner\u003cbr\u003eLocus Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGalaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely  member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact,  by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on  a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStill searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are  the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s  biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any  paranoid imagination might conceive. They  tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss the highly-anticipated sequel, \u003ci\u003eHell Bent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Bardugo","offers":[{"title":"Flatiron Books |  Hardback | With dust jacket |  2019-10-08","offer_id":44151490380031,"sku":"9781250313072","price":34.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6abe7109-e32d-4fac-ad47-f16304c96ea4.jpg?v=1634964870","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781250313072","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}